************************************************* Welcome to the Mastering AutoCAD Architecture 2008 CD ROM ************************************************* The CD contains two WinZip Self-extracting Archives. MasterACA 2008 - Imperial.exe -- contains all of the Imperial Units datasets. MasterACA 2008 - Metric.exe -- contains all of the Metric Units datasets. Installation requires approximately 340 MB of disk space. If you plan to install both the Imperial and the Metric dataset, you will need twice this amount. Choose yout Unit Preference ************************************************* You only need to install one of the datasets. Choose the one corresponding to your preferred Units. If you wish to perform the exercises in both Imperial and Metric, you can install both datasets. To do so, first install one dataset, then the other. They will both install into the same location on your C Drive. If you are prompted to overwrite any files, answer "Yes to All". The files that are overwritten are only support files that work in both measurement systems. No required ADT files will be overwritten. Installation Location ************************************************* Files MUST be installed on the C Drive in the "MasterACA 2008" folder. The default installation automatically uses this folder. Simply click button on the CD ROM Interface corresponding to the prefered archive, it will install automatically to the correct location. If you change the location, the first time you load any of the projects in ADT, you will be prompted to repath the project. You MUST choose "Repath" when prompted by ADT. If you don't it is likely that the datasets will not function properly. Furthermore, if you do change the location, NONE of the Project Tool Palettes provided will function. Therefore, you will be unable to use any of the custom tools referenced in the text. For these reasons, you are HIGHLY encouraged to accept the default "C:\MasterACA 2008" location for installation. Folder Structure ************************************************* The following Folder Structure will be created C:\ MasterACA 2008\ Appendix-A Appendix-B Appendix-C Appendix-D Appendix-E Appendix-F assets Catalog Chapter00 Chapter01 Chapter02 Chapter03 Chapter04 Chapter05 Chapter06 Chapter07 Chapter08 Chapter09 Chapter10 Chapter11 Chapter12 Chapter13 Chapter14 Chapter15 Chapter16 Chapter17 Chapter18 Plot Styles Template Within each Chapter folder are included various sub-folders. Most Chapters include a "Complete" folder. From within ACA, you will load Projects from the Project Browser (on the File menu). Using Project Browser, browse to appropriate Chapter folder and each of the projects for that chapter will be listed at the root of the chapter folder. To see the completed versions for a chapter and compare your progress to the intended result, use the Project Browser, but browse to the Complete folder and then load the appropriate project. If you browse the folders using Windows Explorer, Projects will appear as folders; such as the following for the Imperial Projects: MACA Commercial MACA Residential And the following for the Metric Projects: MACA Commercial Metric MACA Residential Metric Empty Folders ************************************************* Some folders have been left empty intentionally. For example, Chapter 3 uses no dataset files. This folder on your C Drive will be empty and contain a single text file explaining that it intentionally contains no dataset files. Project Bulletin Boards and Dataset Updates ************************************************* When you load a Project in ACA, a bulletin board for that Project will load in the ACA Project Browser window (on the right). Review this page as it loads. If you have a live Internet connection, you will be informed on this page if updates to the Dataset (or the book text as a PDF) are available for download from www.paulaubin.com. If an update is available, you will be able to click the link directly in this page. In addition, a DWF (Design Web Format) of each chapter is provided at the root of the project folders. You can click the icon in the bulletin board page to view it directly in Project Browser. If you wish to see it in the full Autodesk DWF Viewer application (included with ADT and available as a free download from Autodesk.com), click the icon to load the DWF in the Project Browser and then right-click and choose Full View. Installing Individual Chapters ************************************************* There is no mechanism provided to install a single Chapter. If you do not intend to complete the tutorials for a particular Chapter, simply delete that chapter's folder from your C Drive after installation. You may want to keep Chapter 18 regardless of which Chapters you choose to delete. This is because this folder contains the final datasets with the complete version of each project for the entire book. Use this project to view the completed projects and compare your progress and/or plot the drawing sets. Template Folder ************************************************* This folder contains some DWT (Autodesk Template Files) that are refernced by the chapter projects. Please do not delete this folder. Plot Styles Folder ************************************************* Since some of the files in this dataset originated in the previous version of Architectural Desktop and since you may be using files originally created in a previous version, the plot styles in this folder are provided to make a smooth transition between past and current releases. You can simply copy one or both of these Plot Style Tables to your Plot Styles folder and overwrite your existing ones. Rename you existing version first for backup.